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If you have ever wanted to search for a complicated piece of information on
the internet, but you weren’t sure of how to start, then you will be
excited to learn about a new type of web search. SkyPhrase allows users
to use natural language questions without having to use a specific
format.
SkyPhrase is a startup created by Nick Cassimatis. Cassimatis is an
associate professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Natural language processing
is still a developing tool. It is currently being explored by programs
like Graph Search on Facebook. Other forms of natural language
processing use methods such as teaching software vocabulary and
grammatical rules. Instead, the technology behind SkyPhraise is unique,
in that it uses both algorithms and data structures.
SkyPhrase could eventually save the user a lot of time and effort.
For example, if you were looking for a flight, the traditional method
would have you fill out several query boxes on a site. Instead, you
could ask SkyPhrase the question, and it will turn your natural language
question into a format that the database can process. It essentially
takes all of the extra work out of the process. The potential for
different applications is tremendous. SkyPhrase will make it possible
for any user to easily search through large quantities of data. SkyPhrase may even make it possible to do the type of data analysis that
typically requires lots of time and training.
SkyPhrase
will be offering this software to companies soon. They also plan to
have a website up in February. Additionally, SkyPhriase will be
offering an extension for the Chrome browser, which would allow Google
Analytics users to filter information using their unique form of natural
language queries. Other plans for the future include offering
SkyPhrase to other websites as a programming interface. This could
allow for natural language search capabilities to be added to services
already offered by a particular website.
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